Blame it a lot to the industry. The average Ab Initio Cadet has a Commercial License with Instrument rating. And 200 hrs under his belt. He does not have any aviation background, and will kill himself if he would take his training aircraft solo on a real instrument flight.
Now you train him "up to standards" flying a commercial airliner from the right seat, using automatics as much as possible. A raw data approach, stabilized by the A/P and with A/T first, is a challenge. A 15 kt X-wind an emergency.
Now you want him to 'maintain hand flying skills'? What skills?